Ducks, Geese & Swans in Belgium
Our list for Belgium has 45 ducks, geese & swans recorded regularly there: 11 residents, 2 summer visitors, 21 winter visitors, 7 passage migrants and 4 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Belgium in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 45, most common first
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentCommon63–73 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorCommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisResidentCommon58–70 cmRecorded all year
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–May
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorUncommon60–75 cmRegularly Oct–Feb
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorUncommon58–68 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorUncommon55–66 cmRegularly Sep–May
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Oct–Feb
SmewMergellus albellusWinter visitorUncommon38–44 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostrisWinter visitorUncommon66–84 cmRegularly Oct–Feb
Data: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made